No Pants 2010 Official Recap
01.20.10
No Pants is in its ninth year and this is the third year DC has participated in the ride. It definitely turned some heads this year and received some serious attention. While secretly our goal is to produce a mission so original and awesome it completely upstages anything Improv Everywhere has done (shhh – don’t tell Charlie) No Pants has almost become an international holiday that everybody loves to celebrate.
We had 400 dedicated participants this year along with numerous organizations helping out or on-scene to witness the event. Because we had some problems last year blocking the metro entrance, the entire group was split into months and entered separately.
The Crowd At C Street Park
Agent Witzenburg Gives Instructions To The Crowd Before The Mission Starts
This year was even big enough to attract our very own pedobear to the event.
Pedobear Came Along For The No Pants Metro Ride
After a few quick instructions, the crowd staggered their entrance to the Metro at L’Enfant Plaza and readied themselves to de-pants as soon as the train left the station. Participants then spread out and began acting as in-character as possible.
Many Bare Legs Quickly Started To Appear On Metro Platforms
This Passenger Was So Stunned He Didn't Move For Quite A Time
Metro Riders Began Acting Like Nothing Was Out Of The Ordinary
Some Riders Brought Along Reading Material
As soon as our riders flooded the Metro, many people began smiling, laughing and acting very, very confused.
Many People Began To Take Notice Of The Pantsless Riders
More People React To The Pantsless Riders
A Couple Of No-Pants Riders Go About Their Business
Passengers Continue To Go About Their Metro Ride As If Nothing Is Amiss
A Gentlemen Getting Off Of The Escalator Is Absolutely Shocked To See Our Pantsless Bikers
After more than a full hour of wondering around on the metro, it was time to wrap it up and head to COBALT and LEVEL ONE who graciously hosted our Afterparty. They included half priced burgers, drink specials, and a “pants check” at the door so we could continue pantsless well into the night.
Hooray, A Place For No Pants Riders To Continue The Fun!
The No Pants Festivities Continued With Burgers, Drinks and Dancing Well Into The Night
The mission was a complete success. Not only did we get some good responses and reactions from the crowd, we had an awesome afterparty and a lot of unexpected media coverage. Fortunately, the event hasn’t yet been completely overrun by media and we were able to keep with the spirit of the mission. It was impressive to see some of the more notable media outlets represented though.
Some of the better media coverage we received includes the Washington Post video of the event here:
Update! The Wall Street Journal just posted their footage of the day’s event
Also Fox News ran a 10 minute webcast interview with Agent Witzenburg. You can catch that here
For more of the media coverage, check out the media link on our webpage.
Thank you to everyone who showed up, helped out, and made no-pants metro ride a complete success!
Just sayin’, I love the new(ish?) site. I got the RSS on my feed for updates and it’s great.